Mimis Cafe

Yes 5 stars. Blame it all on the server Scott who was quite the host. He was charming, professional and personable. I went to dine with my mom who had said the service was slipping the last time she ate at Mimi’s. He was so nice to her and the guests in the booth behind it was a pleasure to see.(yes I was listening. don’t judge). I want to make sure for anyone who goes there to request Scott or want that level of service. The food was good had the grilled salmon per Scotts recommendation and it was spot on. Mimi’s Café you have an employee that other companies aspire to hire. Don’t lose him, he’s one of the good ones.

Mimi’s has always been a great place
To get reliable and tasty meals. Unfortunately our last experience there was nothing short of pathetically disappointing. It was about 45 mins before closing and the place was a wreck. No iced tea, no carrot bread (unless they have stopped giving that out everywhere), no silverware or napkins, dirty tables everywhere, and the manager was on the phone instead of helping clean up the mess. Our meals were not as ordered (my burger was completely rare and not even close to medium– fries were half cooked, the other meal had sauce and wasn’t supposed to and his fries were old, cold and stale). The two servers were seating people and trying to keep up but can only do so much. I understand that sometimes things can happen but this was ridiculous. Again — very inconsistent with all previous experiences at Mimi’s. That being said we won’t go to this location again when there is another one a few miles down the road.

Chose Mimi’s Café to handle my parents’ 60^th wedding anniversary party for our family, mostly because I knew that there would be something on the menu for everyone to enjoy. I was SOOOOO pleased! We had a private room and the management was incredibly accommodating! The service was beyond outstanding, and my parents were overjoyed! MANY thanks to Mimi’s Café for making this event a HUGE success for us. We’re forever grateful!

Well the first time we ate here it was TOGO & that was because I was craving French toast so we settled for this & hot damn was there cinnamon roll French toast bomb! When we went in to get our food it was packed which was great and our food came out in a jiffy! I can’t wait till we go in and eat!

Three stars and not because of the food. Three stars because of the poor service. Too bad because this is the time to be too busy. If you were waiting for a table anywhere else you didn’t need to. Mimi’s had plenty of open tables. The house wine was pretty good for the price. If I go back I will order the wine again.

Been a long time since I reviewed this. Been a long time since I came here. Ever since they discontinued those killer chocolate muffins, in fact. Those were the added inducement to get me to choose Mimi’s over competing restaurants.
Supposedly this place is inspired by French cuisine. I think that’s a bit of a stretch, though they do try to create a French bistro ambiance. Menu is sandwiches (including «French dip», so it must be French… right?), quiche (which real men don’t eat ;-), pasta, pot pies, and some other stuff.
Despite my sarcasm, the food is pretty good. If you’re trying to choose between big casual chains like Chili’s and Applebee’s and Marie Callender’s, well Mimi’s should be on your radar. It’s at least as good as any of those. Soups are good, French dip is good, burgers are good. It’s all solidly three-​stars. On this occasion I had an off-​menu special item: baked penne and meatballs. It was nothing fancy, but I liked it. Other folks in our party all seemed to like their choices.
If only they still had those decadent chocolate muffins…

First timer here:
Was my first go, as I was excited for the stuffed french toast, assuming it was all day breakfast. They do have all day breakfast, but it was only about 5 items I think :(
Anyhow, I’m not picky. Ordered the Mushroom Brie burger (medium well). It was ok. But it wasn’t medium well (see picture). And half of it tasted burnt on the edges. The $ 5 red house wine was good though. My gf thought the Cobb salad was ok. Decent. The soup she got with it wasn’t very hot at all. A tad bit over room temp… still tasted good though.
Anyhow, I’ve still heard things about this place. Maybe it’s the breakfast that sets it apart. I’ll probably try breakfast from here one day, and edit this review possibly.
Customer service was great though, if that means anything to you! :)
2 stars = me not really excited to go back.

It breaks my heart to give Mimis 1 star, but they earned it. No wonder they are going out of business. Black Friday evening and there was only a few cars in the lot… good we thought there wont be an hour wait like everywhere else… The service was SLOOOOOOOWWWW. The soup– that the server warned me was HOT, was only hot on top and sent back. Our food took 30 min to come out and there was only 3 tables in the whole place. My well done burger was RAW in the middle, sent back, and i had to ask if it was ever coming after everyone else was finished eating. The manager brought it, apologized, took 50% off our bill and gave us a TERRIBLE dessert. Lol Why does it make me sad to say it was awful, because this used to be my FAVORITE place to go… When my middle daughter was born, my favorite burger (the french quarter it used to be called) MY daddy drove a long way to get and bring to me in the hospital for my first meal. :(

I hosted office holiday party on Friday night at 7 for 10 people. Restaurant was not busy at all. Although food was very good, service by Sheila was very poor. Dishes were not picked up. Drinks were not refilled. She was not very attentive to our requests and we had to ask for service. What was very disappointing was when I let manager know, she just said sorry repeatedly, but gave no explanation or incentive for us to return. If you’re planning a memorable get together with a group of people, pass on Mimi’s Café and go somewhere else that appreciates your business.

Decent food, but the environment is surprisingly noisy. Tonight, we got stuck next to a woman (likely a single mother) with a VERY noisy brood of undisciplined children SCREAMING.
There’s no way the help or management at Mimi’s couldn’t hear it, but out of fear or apathy chose to pretend it wasn’t happening.
Others around us were staring at them too.
Like I said, usually good food and I like how they offer soft drinks to go, but way too noisy of a place. Especially a place that tries to be a bit fancy.
Advice to management: don’t worry about being «mean» by telling undisciplined kids to use their inside voice. Everyone around you will appreciate it.

We were shocked at how good this place was.
Man… From the reviews, we had really low expectations. But I wanted cinnamon roll French toast and Coco’s is an 18-​mile drive from us, so we tried Mimi’s.
Eggs perfectly cooked. Delicious thin bacon, not thick and chewy like a lot of places. Cinnamon roll French toast and brioche French toast were both a knockout. We were seated quickly and served quickly.
New favorite breakfast place.

This place is very good! I went with family and among the orders were the Mac and Cheese, Classic Ruben, French Dip, and slow roasted turkey. All meals came out great and timely! The desert looked great but we were all too stuffed to have any. The meals are a little pricy, however, you get a lot of food. Will definitely be going back!

Service was very nice but the food was only ok. Kinda pricey. The pancakes were really good. The meals came out at different Times. Eggs benedict was terrible. The egg white breakfast rates great. The restaurant was not very clean. The bill was over $ 45 for three breakfasts. Way to expensive.

Yet another fancy rip-​off.
This used to be one of our favorite breakfast spots. But after today and trying them for one last time, I must express my sadness for how it has gone down the drain.
This is a cute place. Very clean and cozy. We usually have to wait to be seated because it is very popular. This morning was no exception. We requested a table like usual. Now, I know my husband and I are not the most beautiful couple on the planet, but dang, making us sit in the very back and way out of the way of the general public really makes one feel like you really do not want us there. But at least we got a seat.
It took some time for our waitress to greet us and get out orders. But we can wait. We know its busy. She got our drinks really fast but disappeared for a long time. Almost 40 minutes before we got our food. She did fill my coffee up again for me at least.
When we got our food it was pathetic. The pictures in the menu of the crepes we ordered were full of fillings and almost round. My husband got the ham egg and cheese crêpe. It was as flat as a tortilla with maybe a sprinkling of super-​tiny diced ham and a thin piece of cheese melted on the top. The poor crêpe. Some one deflated it and made it bland. I got the banana/​strawberry/​nutella crêpe. Again so flat. Maybe a teaspoon of nutella on the inside. Did not really taste any. Then I was extremely lucky to receive ¹⁄₃ of a banana sliced up super paper thin and placed and the front a back of my crêpe. The strawberries might have equaled and entire half of a full strawberry if you took the paper thin see-​thru slices and assembled them into something solid. These are $ 9 and $ 10 dishes! You could at least given me an entire banana and a whole strawberry. Maybe they had a «see who can slice the most paper-​thin slices of half a fruit and see if the customer notices» contest with the chefs.
I also ordered a side of fruit. So for around $ 4 I got 3 super-​thin slices off of a tiny clemente orange that was way past expired, and 5 whole red grapes. At least they did not cut the grapes paper-​thin. I must be lucky to get 5 whole small grapes.
I understand about needing to make a profit, but dang people. At least try and make the food seem not like a super-​rip off. We did complain to the manager and he wanted to just give us free muffins. We said thanks but no thanks. We will not come here again.

What happened to one of my favorite dishes !? The turkey bacon brie mushroom crepes were awful today! To start, the dish was served not warm and came out looking like there was a stiff layer of glue on top of the crêpe that didn’t even move when you shook the plate. The turkey inside was fine but looking and tasting the cold, gelified brie cheese sauce was not good. I would have brought it to the server’s attention but I was not with regular company (didn’t want to embarrass her) and I was not footing the bill. I know, I shouldn’t complain so loudly since I didn’t give Mimi’s a chance to correct it but I’ve had this entrée before and it has been lovely. So good that I ordered it again. I will still patronize Mimi’s Café for they have many great dishes to pick from, I just won’t order the turkey bacon brie mushroom crepes next time!

The food was yummy and the atmosphere was cozy. We enjoyed are meal and the waiter was very friendly. I’ll be back to enjoy another yummy meal.
We had the salmon with spinach and potatoes. It was perfect. Dessert was chocolate lave cake with strawberries… yummy.

We came in mid-​afternoon on a Sunday when it was very slow for the restaurant. We waited for quite some time at our table with no servers coming to greet us or bring water – to make it clear that we were ready to order, I closed my menu and sat waiting, but no one came. A female server was walking back and forth to the other tables but never acknowledged us, so I had to request for a server to come to get water, at which point we were ready to order.
It’s 100° outside, and I’m 7 months pregnant. Bringing water and acknowledging your customers should be commonplace in a restaurant, especially during summer months.
Our server, once he finally came out to help us, was friendly.

Very hit and miss. Always good service, but the food there can be low quality at times.

This review is more about the General Manager’s attempt to sell my 87 year old mother gift cards than the meal or the service. It was totally out of place and totally uncalled for.
We were finishing lunch and the General Manager approahced our table — no other table — our table. His conversation was directed at my 87 year old grey haired mother. He began by pulling some $ 5 coupons out of his shirt pocket and asking her if she’d like to have a coupon she could use in January. After baiting her with his pitch, he sprung the rest of the sales pitch on her. She could have one if she’d buy a $ 25 gift card. We were shocked. It was totally out of place. If he wants to sell coupons, he’s definitely in the wrong job.
Normally when a general manager visits a table it’s to ask how everything is and if he can do anything for his patrons, not to see them coupons.
Regardless of any other stars we’d give this restaurant, we won’t return. We go out to eat not to be hassled by a manager coming to our table to try to sell us something. I could understand at the cash register offering gift cards with a $ 5 coupon but not at the table and not the way this manager presented it. I think he needs a training in etiquette before he’s let loose in a restaurant.
So, I dropped an email to corporate headquarters. They forwarded it on to the Mimi’s in Chandler. This morning I received a form letter in my email from the Service Manager. Yes, it was definitely a form letter and it definitely had obvious misspelled words — not typos. And, why is it they always think they can make things better by offering a free meal and not even addressing the problem? We definitely won’t use it.
– Hostess was pleasant and efficient. Waitress was rather on the slow side. Food was good.

As an Americanized French café, it’s not bad, but my time in Paris ruined me for life when it comes to restaurants that attempt to be authentically French.
The turkey and Brie melt concept was great, but with only one slice of Brie and a smaller than expected portion size, I was a little disappointed with the execution. Taste was good, but at the risk of sounding like a snob, it really didn’t compare to Parisian café fare.
My advice? Trim down the menu substantially to focus more on a few items and get fresher ingredients if you’re going to imitate the French café experience.